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The 2 players u mentioned: Nguyen Tien Minh and P. Kashyap certainly performed well today. Tien Minh probably gave his best performance of his career today by defeating Lee Hyun Il and Boonsak Ponsana successfully in less than 12 hrs He deserves all the credit!

P. Kashyap also troubled Simon Santoso and he was actually leading 13-6 in the rubber set when Simon decided to wake up and take the match 21-17.

Most impressed with the performance of Nguyen Tien Minh. He's served warning as a potential spoiler in the MS draw. Also a little disappointed with LHI's performance. I thought he'd come out guns a-blazing after his time off but I guess the guns were a little off target.

MAS women kept it surprisingly close in the first 2 matches v CHN but inevitably got steamrolled. If WMC keeps up this form, she's got a chance to go far in the WS draw. Will be an interesting matchup with INA to see who takes 2nd in the group.

Despite the scoreline, IND ran INA close in 4 of the 5 matches, with 3 going to rubbers. This is encouraging indeed for for IND badminton, maintaining their progressive rise in the badminton world over the last couple of years.

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World No. 1 Zhang Ning was the only one who lost a set while powerhouse China overplaying Malaysia 5-0 on Thursday in the women's badminton team competition at the Doha Asian Games. Japan and Thailand came from two matches behind to upset South Korea and Hong Kong, China respectively.
Athens Olympic champion Zhang had never lost to Wong Mew Choo from Malaysia and the 31-year-old veteran thought she had never lost a set to the gritty rival in their previous encounters.
In the first set, Zhang took a 5-3 lead but then lost six points in a row. In spite of striving for a tie at 19-19, Zhang lost the set 19-21.
After winning the following two sets 21-18 and 21-18, an unsatisfied Zhang said, "I don't know what's wrong with me. I just felt I moved too slowly on the court while my rival is a good runner indeed."
The Asian Games rookie Zhu Lin conclude the lop-sided competition by breezily defeating Ooi Sock Ai 21-13, 21-3. Source: Xinhua